With the mountains behind us the scenery becomes far less dramatic. Northern Italy appears to be very flat. It is mainly Farmland and there is sweet corn growing everywhere. But further along the weather improved and we have another view of the Alp way off in the distance. Again it is spectacular.

We arrive eventually at Milano and get a cab to Hotel San Giovanni. Both the cab ...

... university and on gap years can sympathise with. Before long in Zinal I was walking down the street knowing almost every local, a unique and special experience as a tourist, also interesting is the fact that most of the locals aren’t in fact Swiss but people from all over Europe that come seasonally to work each year. Its almost as though there is no need to travel Europe because in Zinal the different nations of Europe are represented in ...